The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-11-19
! ASIAN ENaYIsHNfAv.
rhc Efforts Young America Makes
to Pose as n Briton

4 There is q large number Of young
men in these free states whose chief. OBJ
\ ject in life is to be taken for English
men.
Tie youth who wants to pass as all
Englisliman is Obliged to put himself
throngha q long and tedious process OF
preparation. Tie usually commences
with a study of the 'IIngllsh" method
Of speech. Tic first task is to learn
how to talk "away down in the chest,''
ana the phrase chosen to experiment.
uponis, invariably, shy Jove.n When
he cansay. this with the proper accent,
he next ventures upon "'Y ou don't say
so2" lie then passes on to such SEN,
tences as "How awfully jolly. ! cawn't,
believe it, you KNOW" and 50, on.
IL you live In the same house with
him you can hear him up to a latc hour
OF tho night repeating over and over
such words as "dawnce, -" "cawn't,"
e'pawth," tschawnce,o s'rathaw,s'
"fathaw," anu 'sawe.'' Sometimes he
would allow his voice to'slitle up willie
lie says "demmitnN @tA: is
The word that you will llhear him use
oftenest is ''awfully." lie will tellyou
that tho flower is lawfully nice, ? that
tho policeman is lawfully, kwoss,n that
his tear is lawfully hot" and that Belle
Jones is lawfully jolly.n ,sn. u ,,g.r
He would almst die for shame should
; he make such q vulgar blunder as 10
say ''pants." The word lie uses is
TROUSERS" ''hrcechcs,'', or sbags.''
lie will tell You conlldentially, II
pwcfew to say bags; it's awfully Eng
lish; the best fellows say it, you know"
In this way does the young citizen pro.
ceed to AngliciZe himself. ES
But you can be English in more ways
than III speech. Dress ,oftener proclaims
the, American Englishman than any
thing else. Any afternoon about this
time Of year you may see dozens of
American Englislmen OH Fifth avenue
OF in tile neighborhood OF tho Hoffman
house, tho Brunswick, or Fifth Avenue
hotel, They are pretty sure to-, be
dressed in large pattern checks, to carry
enormous canes and to have their trou-
seIs, turned up at the, legs. a. pair Of
trousers turned up at, the. legs is the
most mos English sight that you can see.
WITH TROUSERS irUINfsD .Up. III
n I, know a5Young American English
man who runs to- the window; every
morning on rising to SEQ il he will have
an opportunity of turning his trousers
legs up. # the day looks fine he comes
/ from the window with q disappointed
air and says. '"Too bad, by Jove. II
isn't going to vain aftch ALL" Once he
has become a thorough Englishman,
however, he will walk through Broad
way the sunniest day in the year With
his trousers turned up. -
The walk Of the American English
man is also very distinctive. 1t is not,
strictly spealiing,'a walk at all, but IL
stride. The feet are kept well apart
and the toes are turned slightly in as if {,
the walker wore spurs. The left arm
is curved and is permitted to swing but
very little. The cane is carried perpen-
dcularly and the point is brought upon
the ground almost three feet in front Of
the walker. It is not good form to
throw the chest too prominently for
ward, but you will notice Il graceful
droop Of the shoulders
The single glass eye is nearly an alb
solute necessity, and the American
Englishman uses it in public just as
soon as he can get it into his eye with
out opening his mouth. Several young
gentlemen Of my acquaintance have
seriously injured their eyes by using
strong eye glasses when their sight was
good. But injury to one's eye is
small penalty to pay for such u fashions
able and attractive practice. "By Jove,
Chawley," said one young gentleman.
81 would wawthaw endangaw the total
sight Of one eye than suwwendaw tho
privilege of weaving tho glass. O its
vewy English"
But the pillow Of the young swell is
not without tllorns, for his father is
very often a blunt spoken, honest man
whose grammar and pronunciation are
mono to good. elf fathaw would only
altaw his speech q twiile ! would give
half my allowance. lie would neyvaW,
neyVaw pass for an Englisliman. :" This
is the sad wall of many u young gentle
man in the city of New York and
through this country. :. .
no,..vn,t.,.u w.. ~. Il